Dr Shamil Yenikeyeff is a Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies and a Senior Associate Member at the Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford.

Dr Yenikeyeff holds a first class degree with honours in law from the Bashkir State University, Russia, and an MPhil and DPhil in Politics from the University of Oxford.

In the 1990s he worked in the Russian parliament as an adviser to the Chairman of the subcommittee for the organisation of the state authority system in Russia. He has also been advising corporations, financial institutions and public sector organizations on Russia and Central Asia.

His current research focuses on the political economy of the oil and gas sectors of Russia and Central Asia with emphasis on economic policies, state-business relations, corporate strategies, political and economic risks. For a list of his publications see: http://www.yenikeyeff.co.uk

 Dr Yenikeyeff is also the author of The Battle for Russian Oil: Corporations, Regions, and the State, a forthcoming book on the politics of the Russian oil sector to be published by Oxford University Press in 2013.

He runs the Geopolitics of Energy lecture series under the joint auspices of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies and St Antony’s College, University of Oxford.

Contact: Telephone   + 44 1865 889123 

Email: shamil.yenikeyeff@sant.ox.ac.uk